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Williams was married to actress Barbara Ruick from 1956 until her death on March 1, 1974

Barbara Ruick - She was the wife of film composer John Williams from 1956 until her death

1958

Williams's first film composition was for the 1958 B movie "Daddy-O", and his first screen credit came two years later in "Because They're Young

1959

Williams recorded with Henry Mancini the film scores of 1959's "Peter Gunn", 1962's "Days of Wine and Roses", and 1963's "Charade"

1960

Williams was known as "Little Johnny Love" Williams during the early 1960s, and he served as music arranger and bandleader for a series of popular music albums with the singer Frankie Laine

Williams received his first Academy award nomination for his film score for 1967's "Valley of the Dolls", and was nominated again for his score for 1969's "Goodbye, Mr. Chips"

1969

" The young director had been impressed with Williams' score for the 1969 film "The Reivers", and Spielberg was convinced that Williams could compose the musical sound that he desired for any of his films

Williams broke through to win his first Academy award for his film score in the 1971 film "Fiddler on the Roof"

1972

He wrote a very memorable score for the 1972 film "The Cowboys", a western starring John Wayne and directed by Mark Rydell

In 1972, he composed the score for the Robert Altman-directed psychological thriller "Images" which earned him another nomination in the category 'Best Music, Original Dramatic Score' at the 1973 Academy awards

1974

In 1974, director Steven Spielberg approached Williams to compose the music for his feature directorial debut, "The Sugarland Express

In addition, he scored Universal's 1974 film "Earthquake" for director Mark Robson, completing a "trinity" of scores for the decade's highest-grossing "disaster films

The Towering Inferno - The score was composed and conducted by John Williams, with orchestrations by Herbert W. Spencer and Al Woodbury, and was recorded at the 20th Century Fox scoring stage on 31 October and 4, 7 and 11 November 1974

1975

Jerry Jemmott - After Jemmott's recording sessions started to decline in 1975, he continued to work in film and theater as an arranger and conductor, working with John Williams, The Boston Pops and Bette Midler

1977

London Symphony Orchestra - Another milestone in the LSO's history in film music was in 1977 with the recording of John Williams's score for the first of the six "Star Wars" films

1978

Williams worked with director Richard Donner to score the 1978 film "Superman

Christopher Reeve - The scenes of Reeve and Welling feature music cues from the 1978 "Superman" movie, composed by John Williams and arranged by Mark Snow

1979

Boston Pops Orchestra - After Fiedler's death in 1979, he was succeeded as conductor of the Boston Pops by the noted film composer John Williams

His arrival as the Pops' new leader in the spring of 1980 allowed him to devote part of the Pops' first PBS broadcast of the season to presenting his new compositions for "The Empire Strikes Back", in addition to conducting many Fiedler audience favorites

Williams has composed numerous classical concerti, and he served as the Boston Pops Orchestra's principal conductor from 1980 to 1993; he is now the orchestra's conductor laureate

Williams was made an honorary brother of Kappa Kappa Psi at Boston University in the late 1980s

John Williams married his second wife, Samantha Winslow, on July 21, 1980

For the 1981 film "Raiders of the Lost Ark", created by Lucas and directed by Spielberg, Williams wrote a rousing main theme known as "The Raiders March" to accompany the film's hero, Indiana Jones

1982

Williams composed an emotional and sensitive score to Spielberg's 1982 fantasy film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"

1984

Williams almost ended his tenure with the Pops in 1984

Anything Goes (Cole Porter song) - Almost two decades later, the song was at least partially translated into Mandarin for the 1984 film, "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", presumably with some assistance from John Williams, who arranged the film score

1985

In 1985, Williams was commissioned by NBC to compose a television news music package for various network news spots

The 1985 film "The Color Purple" is the only Steven Spielberg-directed theatrical feature for which Williams did not serve as composer

1987

The Spielberg-Williams collaboration resumed with the director's 1987 film "Empire of the Sun", and has continued to the present, spanning genres from science fiction thrillers ", to somber tragedies ", to Eastern-tinged melodramas , to dramatic war films "

1988

Michael Dukakis - Famed composer John Williams wrote "Fanfare for Michael Dukakis" in 1988 at the request of Dukakis's father-in-law, Harry Ellis Dickson

1995

His bassoon concerto, "The Five Sacred Trees," which was premiered by the New York Philharmonic and principal bassoon player Judith LeClair in 1995, was recorded for Sony Classical by Williams with LeClair and the London Symphony Orchestra

Elliot Goldenthal - Los Angeles Opera - It had its world premiere in early June 2006 at the Los Angeles Opera, the role of Grendel performed by Eric Owens, with an audience containing the likes of John Williams and Emmy_Rossum; the opus was added to the Los Angeles Opera's permanent repertoire and earned Goldenthal a nomination in April 2007 for the Pulitzer Prize for Music

2007

Continuing demand fueled three more concerts in 2007, which all sold out

For Game 1 of the 2007 World Series, Williams conducted a brass-and-drum ensemble through a new dissonant arrangement of the "Star Spangled Banner

After a three-year absence from film scoring, Williams composed the scores for Spielberg's "The Adventures of Tintin" and "War Horse" in 2011

In 2011, the "Main Title Theme" and elements of "Can You Read My Mind" were notably used in the final scene of "Finale," the series finale of the WB/CW television series "Smallville"

After a three-season absence, Williams conducted the Philharmonic once again in October 2011

War Horse (film) - The film score by John Williams was recorded in late March 2011 and early April 2011

In 2012, Williams scored Spielberg's film "Lincoln" and subsequently received his 48th Academy award nomination

Williams won an Annie award for his score for "The Adventures of Tintin" in 2012

ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra - The orchestra played some of the most recognized film scores of the American composer John Williams in its first solo concert, "The Magic of John Williams" on September 2, 2012 at the Meralco Theater

In 2013, Williams was presented with the Ken Burns Lifetime Achievement award

In May 2013, he confirmed that he will score "Episode VII"

Star Wars: The Force Awakens - After several off-hand remarks on returning, John Williams was confirmed to compose the score for "Episode VII" in July 2013

2014

The performance was held at "A Capitol Fourth", an Independence Day celebration concert in Washington DC, July 4th, 2014

However, in March 2015, it was announced that Thomas Newman would replace Williams for the film, as Williams' schedule was interrupted by a minor health issue and he became unavailable to score the film

He will receive the 2016 AFI Life Achievement award

Williams will be honored with the AFI Life Achievement award in 2016, becoming the first composer to receive the award

Williams will receive the AFI Life Achievement award in June 2016

On June 9, 2016, an interview with "Variety" stated he "expects" to start working on it in 2017 if attached to the project

In 2016, Williams composed the score for Spielberg's "The BFG" which opens in July 2016

At a Tanglewood concert in August 2016, Williams confirmed he is scheduled to start scoring the film

A three-disc box set compilation of all of William's musical scores for Steven Spielberg's films, titled "John Williams & Steven Spielberg: The Ultimate Collection", will be released on March 17, 2017, which will include two previous score compilations from 1991 and 1995

In May 2017, Williams was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Harvard University

2019

On June 25, 2019, "The New York Times Magazine" listed John Williams among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire